[itdude59]

Yea.. It may be well documented somewhere, how terrible dial-up connections are with mmorpgs, namely WOW. But I just wanted to see if anyone has actually or does actually play WOW on dial-up. The reason I want to know, is because I'm getting my account un-frozen.. and... I now live in an area that doesnt have ANY high speed internet... Even dial-up connects (on a good day) at 28.8.... Point is... I used to rock cable, but... now, not so much.

I would appreciate hearing any feedback or similar stories of misfortune... might make me feel better

btw .... WOW's official site says 56k or better.. thats why im curious about good ol' 28.8

[Mikep7779]

you should be fine if you stay out of the main citys, ex. org and ironforge.

[itdude59]

I actually have an update on my situation (for those who might want to play WoW but are stuck with dialup). I connect at 26.4 most of the time and 28.8 on those random special occasions.... Anywayz, I fired up the game yesterday evening and ....... it ran fine. Not a bit of lag. I did have a hell of a time buying something at the auction house, but that was because 40 other people were in there too... I didn't expect dialup to handle the splender of Orgrimmar. I have all my characters on a low pop server anywayz so that should help... yellow/green latency too, only got red latency at Org. Sooo.. yea, hollar at Assassinator and Killswifts, the next time you play WoW (if your on Boulderfist)!!


**Horde 4 Life**

This post has been edited by itdude59: 26 October 2005 - 07:45 AM

[baileyphil]

What the hell is WoW ?

[n7Epsilon]

World of Warcraft (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) MMORPG

This post has been edited by ChipCraze23: 26 October 2005 - 09:29 AM

[Matt_]

I would love to play world of warcraft. bUt I dont want to pay. If i did have it then i wouldn't use diel up.

Plus why do all the cool multiplayer games you have to pay for? I think its dumb

[Mikep7779]

Matt_, on Oct 26 2005, 05:16 PM, said:

I would love to play world of warcraft. bUt I dont want to pay. If i did have it then i wouldn't use diel up.

Plus why do all the cool multiplayer games you have to pay for? I think its dumb

The people who make the game have to pay for their servers.

[Wolf_Demon]

when i first read the topic i expected to see that someone with dial up got some super high kill count on an FPS game

[rendrag]

GuildWars!!!! It's an online game with no monthly fee... it's a great alternative for those who don't want to pay for a MMORPG (it's a blast too!)

[EchoNoise]

I hate MMORPG's.... they take away your real life

I lost a friend due to MMORPG'ing

[slimzky]

having 28kbps conexion is too slow for anykind of on-line gaming... i have 56k dial-up & it connects @ 50.6kbps.... i used to play Dota-Allstars,, im not a lagger though i have to say that im having like 2 sec delay but its playable...

[dcyphure]

i have dial up, and actually most games i've played online play really good, i can play UT 2004 without any lag, sometimes i do die without seeing reason but considering its not bad at all, farcry isnt bad but someone was cussing me for slowing it for everyone else, i wouldnt mind playing mmorpg's but between losing connections and having my phone line tied up all the time would suck.

sad is that i'm only 1 mile too far from having cable braudband or dsl, not even a full mile actually